"The Repressive Information State," book review of Jacob Siegel's The Information State: Politics in the Age of Total Control (Henry Holt, 2026), commissioned by Pittsburgh Review of Books editor and praised by him as "interesting and well written," but rejected for not "really fit[ting] the voice of the publication."
"Do Conservatives Share More Misinformation Than Liberals," Critique ("Matters Arising") of Mosleh, et al., "Differences in Misinformation Sharing Can Lead to Politically Asymmetric Sanctions," Nature 634, 609-16 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-07942-8. TLDR: basic premises and foundational articles in the misinformation-control "canon," such as those I critique here, have major flaws--but neither the authors nor publishers of Nature are willing to address them. My critique. Mosleh, et al. article and supplementary information. Prior related article and appendix by Mosleh, et al. co-authors. Email interactions with corresponding author David Rand. Rejection by Nature and correspondence.
"Are Conservatives More Likely to Spread Misinformation Than Liberals?," Critique ("Matters Arising") of Nomikos, et al., "American Social Media Users Have Ideological Differences of Opinion about the War in Ukraine," Humanities and Social Sciences Communications 12, 125 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-024-04304-7. TLDR: The article's conclusion that conservatives spread more misinformation about the Ukraine war is undermined by coding problems, vague definition of "misinformation," and classification of mere differences in scholarly opinion as "misinformation." The result: the article is GIGO. But neither the authors, reviewers, nor publishers of Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, a Springer Nature journal, are willing to address these problems. My critique. Nomikos, et al. article and appendix. Nomikos' response to my critique and referee reports. Rejection by Humanities and Social Sciences Communications and correspondence.